Search

This article describes a decision by the Singapore High Court (Towa Corporation v ASM Technology Singapore Pte Ltd & Anor [2014] SGHCR 16.

ACC and The Wall Street Journal administered a "Contract-Attorney Use" survey for utilization in an article written by WSJ in June 2011. This survey contains many questions that you might be grappling with when it comes to the use of non-staff contract-attorneys.

This is a sample computer security and network password policy.

A panel comprised of Supreme Court experts will highlight current key issues and cases for the U.S. Supreme Court. Join these esteemed faculty as they delve into significant legal topics that are relevant across the spectrum of in-house lawyers.

In Mexico, as in the rest of the world, trademarks that are duly registered may be enforced against third parties who attempt to use or copy them. It is advisable to take certain measures with respect to their use and maintenance. This article offers several recommendations, including the following: Always use marks in the manner in which they were registered.

In order to support the creation of start-ups in Germany, legislators have been working to develop special fixed-term contracts for employee hiring.

Arbitration has a long history in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It has been used for centuries under Shari’ah law in the Kingdom. However, foreign investors in recent years have experienced difficulty in using arbitration in the country. Saudi Arabia has therefore enacted a new arbitration law that is an improvement over the thirty-year old arbitration law that it replaced. The new arbitration law is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration but with modifications to ensure that the arbitration process does not ‘violate Shari’ah’ as practiced in the Kingdom. The article reviews the important components of the new arbitration law and provides a comparative analysis of it to the previous law and international arbitration practice. It also analyses the recognition and enforcement of international arbitration awards in Saudi courts, including the impact of Shari’ah and the new arbitration and enforcement laws. Finally, it provides a narrative on the Saudi court system and its role in arbitration.

As more businesses begin to operate on a global scale, European companies may find themselves facing US litigation more frequently. If you are not familiar with US litigation, assessing the potential risks of a situation could prove quite difficult. Consider these 10 factors — know where you stand and which questions to ask.

This article contains specific cases and summaries of the actions against in-house counsel in recent years.

This is a sample document collection checklist.

Mexico ardently protects the privacy of its individual citizens' personal data and sensitive personal information. This protection is enforced though the Federal Personal Information Protection Law and its regulations. The Federal Institute for Access to Public Information and Protection of Information (IFAI) is the agency in charge of enforcement. This article reviews the eight main principles of this law.

This article describes how companies usually deal with recall campaigns in Brazil.

As in-house counsel struggle to do more with less, outsourcing is increasingly one tool we consider. And the range of options has grown in recent years. They often sound good, but how effective are they really? How can you make them work to suit your needs? In this program material, a panel shares their experience and insights on what works, what doesn't and how to make legal sourcing work for you.

This article discusses real estate and anti-money laundering legislation in Mexico.

In the recent decision of Nottawasaga Inn. Ltd. v. R. (2014 DTC 1021), the Tax Court of Canada (“TCC”) held that it had no jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a reassessmentof arrears interest where there exists a nil assessment of taxes and the sole basis for the appeal is not the calculation of the interest itself but the computation of the underlying taxable income on which the interest was calculated.

As lawyers change roles with increasing regularity, the word "career" seems to describe the speed and frequency of that change as well as it does a lawyer's lifetime course of employment. This article briefly addresses an organizational element affecting lawyers' opportunity for change: How the perceived "right" size of legal departments critically determines the expansion and contraction of available legal roles.

April 2008- Tolls & Solutions for Doing Your Job Better

This presentation provides practical experience with legal process outsourcing.

What resources do you use to manage your department’s workload (e.g., outsourcing, offshoring, LPOs, specialized service providers, IT solutions, etc.)? What metrics do you measure and report on in your department to assess the value of legal services provided to your company, both in-house legal services and external law firm services? Have you experimented with or considered asking your in-house legal team to record time spent on tasks, either on a temporary or permanent basis? What practices (including cloud-based solutions) do you recommend to other CLOs in managing outsourced providers in order to achieve the highest possible value for the law department?

Members debate the question: How are bonuses structured for GCs and legal departments, and what metrics are currently being used? Responses indicate that there is no real consistency regarding how bonuses are structured.

As the LPO industry continues to grow, it has generally followed a business model rather than a traditional law firm model. Learn how corporate endorsements are helping to promote the LPO model.

A letter from ACC to the Massachusetts House and Senate advocating overriding Gov. Romney's veto of judicial pay raises.

This article discusses strategies to help ease the negative effects of stress on a lean legal team in the United States.

This presentation addresses how to respond when management requests access to key documents.

This white paper redefines the relationship between the Chief Compliance Officer and the General Counsel.

This article explores the use of alternative working patterns in a number of jurisdictions around the globe. In particular, we look at Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, the UK and the US.